Ninth Circuit Finds that Jurisdiction-Stripping Provision does not Apply to Judicial Review of a Denial of a Continuance

Typically, the federal courts have limited jurisdiction to review a final order of removal when the petitioner has been ordered removed based on criminal grounds. The Ninth Circuit has held, in the context of a denied motion to continue, that the jurisdiction-stripping provisions do not apply to review of procedural motions that are independent of the merits of the removal order.